James Thomson (J.T.) Picken was a
Scottish-Australian businessman.
Picken was born in
Glasgow, Scotland. He later emigrated to Australia and settled in
Melbourne. He was the chairman and founder of the privately owned
J.T. Picken Ltd Printers which, after amalgamating with 5 other companies, later became
Containers Ltd. In 1982,
Australian Paper Mills
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(APM) took over the larger Containers Ltd. The new company was renamed
Amcor Limited.
References
* E.K. Sinclair, "The Spreading Tree, A history of APM and Amcor 1844-1989", Allen and Unwin, 1990
Businesspeople from Melbourne
Scottish emigrants to Australia
Businesspeople from Glasgow
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